Moms of potty trained kids! I need help!

Ok. I have a 2 year daughter named Sophie. Since about I don't know 20 months she has been using her potty while at home with no real issues. She just runs around with no bottom on and goes potty when she has to. She goes pee and poopy on it. She lets me know when she goes so I or my husband can clean her up. Now I would like to do the next step of while we are out. She doesn't tell us when she has to go. We put a diaper in her since the pull ups gave her a rash on he whoha. Also she is a huge wetter at night! She leaks all the time and that's with a bigger diaper and 2 diaper boosters every night! I would like her to be done potty training before this baby is born. I just have no idea what how to work on outside of the house and night time. Any tips would be great!

Ok. I have a 2 year daughter named Sophie. Since about I don't know 20 months she has been using her potty while at home with no real issues. She just runs around with no bottom on and goes potty when she has to. She goes pee and poopy on it. She lets me know when she goes so I or my husband can clean her up. Now I would like to do the next step of while we are out. She doesn't tell us when she has to go. We put a diaper in her since the pull ups gave her a rash on he whoha. Also she is a huge wetter at night! She leaks all the time and that's with a bigger diaper and 2 diaper boosters every night! I would like her to be done potty training before this baby is born. I just have no idea what how to work on outside of the house and night time. Any tips would be great!

Yes no bottoms at all. If I put them on her she pees on her potty with them on. So we just leave her with no bottoms on. She doesn't know how to pull her pants down before going potty. I've tried showing her when I go potty and things but idl she's stubborn.

Yes no bottoms at all. If I put them on her she pees on her potty with them on. So we just leave her with no bottoms on. She doesn't know how to pull her pants down before going potty. I've tried showing her when I go potty and things but idl she's stubborn.

I decided to put some panties on her before her lunch and of course she just told me a few minutes ago "mommy potty!" and started to pull on her panties so I helped her and she said thank you momma. I love it. I hope she can do it more sometimes she'll get good at something then just stop. I'll slowly start working on short trips out to see how she does. Last time we tried with just panties she peed on the floor at the grocery store. Haha. Any tips for night time or should I get day time completely down first?

I decided to put some panties on her before her lunch and of course she just told me a few minutes ago "mommy potty!" and started to pull on her panties so I helped her and she said thank you momma. I love it. I hope she can do it more sometimes she'll get good at something then just stop. I'll slowly start working on short trips out to see how she does. Last time we tried with just panties she peed on the floor at the grocery store. Haha. Any tips for night time or should I get day time completely down first?

Night time is hard. Sometimes Is a deep sleeping issue instead of a bladder issue. Try waking her up before you go to bed to go potty. When we went out I would just take her potty when we got to the store.

Night time is hard. Sometimes Is a deep sleeping issue instead of a bladder issue. Try waking her up before you go to bed to go potty. When we went out I would just take her potty when we got to the store.

I just finished potty training a few months ago & had a very very stubborn little girl to work with. She did well for a few months & ten regressed completely! It was very frustrating to say the least! So I came up with an idea to "reintroduce" the idea of potty training.....we had a "potty party"! Hehe. I know this sounds ridiculous but it worked. My daughter is a HUGE fan of anything involving balloons & the word party so it was worth a shot. We had about 4 close family members & 2 close friends come over to "celebrate" her reentrance to the "big girl world" & made sure the focus stayed on us all being there to support her through "re-potty training. We had a few balloons, Gramma made cupcakes & some Disney music. She also got a brand new princess potty & new princess panties wrapped as gifts & we introduced a VERY small prize system (stickers, silly straws, dollar store jewelry Ect). As soon as she opened the potty she used it immediately! We had about 2-3 accidents the first week & after that we were on a roll. Because she would get something slightly "bigger" if she went while we were out (a small teddy bear, a treat of some sort) the prize system kept her motivated. Her birthday fell two months after where we held a small "graduation party" to show she was now a big girl who could use the potty all by herself. She got a small trophy I found at Walmart for $1.00 that said #1 Graduate & a certificate with her picture & an extra the remainder of her prize basket (signaling we were no longer using prizes because she was a big girl now) & all has been great since! I know the idea is a little "out there" but it worked & it worked fast! I told my pedi & they've even recommended "potty parties" to a few parents! Whatever variation of this will work best for LO is of course up to you but hey it's worth a shot. Making the experience "new" again really inspired mine! GL!

I just finished potty training a few months ago & had a very very stubborn little girl to work with. She did well for a few months & ten regressed completely! It was very frustrating to say the least! So I came up with an idea to "reintroduce" the idea of potty training.....we had a "potty party"! Hehe. I know this sounds ridiculous but it worked. My daughter is a HUGE fan of anything involving balloons & the word party so it was worth a shot. We had about 4 close family members & 2 close friends come over to "celebrate" her reentrance to the "big girl world" & made sure the focus stayed on us all being there to support her through "re-potty training. We had a few balloons, Gramma made cupcakes & some Disney music. She also got a brand new princess potty & new princess panties wrapped as gifts & we introduced a VERY small prize system (stickers, silly straws, dollar store jewelry Ect). As soon as she opened the potty she used it immediately! We had about 2-3 accidents the first week & after that we were on a roll. Because she would get something slightly "bigger" if she went while we were out (a small teddy bear, a treat of some sort) the prize system kept her motivated. Her birthday fell two months after where we held a small "graduation party" to show she was now a big girl who could use the potty all by herself. She got a small trophy I found at Walmart for $1.00 that said #1 Graduate & a certificate with her picture & an extra the remainder of her prize basket (signaling we were no longer using prizes because she was a big girl now) & all has been great since! I know the idea is a little "out there" but it worked & it worked fast! I told my pedi & they've even recommended "potty parties" to a few parents! Whatever variation of this will work best for LO is of course up to you but hey it's worth a shot. Making the experience "new" again really inspired mine! GL!

I feel that if you force the issue with potty training it only makes things harder. Children need the appropriate maturity level in order to be fully potty trained. If she is still wetting at night she just needs more time. There is a certain chemical in the brain that allows children to not wet at night, it's not a discipline issue or behavior issue at all. Be patient with her and guide her through when she is ready. GL!-mom of 2 potty trained kids

I feel that if you force the issue with potty training it only makes things harder. Children need the appropriate maturity level in order to be fully potty trained. If she is still wetting at night she just needs more time. There is a certain chemical in the brain that allows children to not wet at night, it's not a discipline issue or behavior issue at all. Be patient with her and guide her through when she is ready. GL!-mom of 2 potty trained kids

I would just go cold turkey. Completely throw the diapers away, so the temptation isn't there of sticking one back on her. She may have a few accidents at night, but she'll get the hang of it, and she'll hate the feeling of wetting herself all the time, and use the potty. Limit her water intake before bedtime to just sips of water, (no cups of anything at least 2 hours before her regular become), and be sure she uses the potty before putting her down at night. Keep her fully dressed during the day, so she understands that she needs to pull her pants and underwear down before going potty. Don't use the training pants underwear as they feel similar to the diaper, by soaking the urine up. Just go straight for the big girl undies. Remember it takes a while before she'll be fully potty trained! Good luck! :)

I would just go cold turkey. Completely throw the diapers away, so the temptation isn't there of sticking one back on her. She may have a few accidents at night, but she'll get the hang of it, and she'll hate the feeling of wetting herself all the time, and use the potty. Limit her water intake before bedtime to just sips of water, (no cups of anything at least 2 hours before her regular become), and be sure she uses the potty before putting her down at night. Keep her fully dressed during the day, so she understands that she needs to pull her pants and underwear down before going potty. Don't use the training pants underwear as they feel similar to the diaper, by soaking the urine up. Just go straight for the big girl undies. Remember it takes a while before she'll be fully potty trained! Good luck! :)

Whenever we would go out somewhere as soon as we got there we would go potty and before we left we went potty. If it was a longer trip we would go every so often to avoid accidents. And everytime we went I would go too to encourage her. Kids usually try to repeat what they see their parents do. So maybe while out just say momma has to go potty, let's go potty and have her go too. GL

Whenever we would go out somewhere as soon as we got there we would go potty and before we left we went potty. If it was a longer trip we would go every so often to avoid accidents. And everytime we went I would go too to encourage her. Kids usually try to repeat what they see their parents do. So maybe while out just say momma has to go potty, let's go potty and have her go too. GL

Thanks ladies! The night time is going to be a big issue. We are working on weening her off of her cup at bed time. But even the nights she only wakes once for a drink she completely soaks out of her diaper. My entire family wakes up at night for a drink and or the bathroom. It's just a part of us. I think night time is going to take the most time. I'm going to work more on the day time. She's been in panties all day and has told me each time she goes potty. I can just go cold turkey at night it was will a disaster. Some kids can go cold turkey but Sophie isn't one of them. And like I said she is a huge wetter. I've never see a kid per so much, she pees often and a lot which is a mix of her dad and I. He goes not so often but a lot and I go often and not a lot. Haha. Poor child is doomed!

Thanks ladies! The night time is going to be a big issue. We are working on weening her off of her cup at bed time. But even the nights she only wakes once for a drink she completely soaks out of her diaper. My entire family wakes up at night for a drink and or the bathroom. It's just a part of us. I think night time is going to take the most time. I'm going to work more on the day time. She's been in panties all day and has told me each time she goes potty. I can just go cold turkey at night it was will a disaster. Some kids can go cold turkey but Sophie isn't one of them. And like I said she is a huge wetter. I've never see a kid per so much, she pees often and a lot which is a mix of her dad and I. He goes not so often but a lot and I go often and not a lot. Haha. Poor child is doomed!

Night time is hard... it has a lot to do with whether they are real heavy sleepers or not. I would definitely encourage nighttime pullups or something... but maybe you can put her big girl panties on under the pull UPS and tell her that she should try very hard to not pee pee in her panties and try to wake up to go pee. I would much rather my child wear pull ups at night for a while then lay in pee. It's easier to clean as well.
As for the trips out of the house just use the 30 min rule, take her to the potty every 30 min whether she has to go or not. With my boys we had to employ the 30 min rule because they didn't want to go in the potty at all (they didn't want to stop what they were doing) so every 30 min on the dot they had to stop what they were doing and go potty. This made them mad, so they quickly decided t was easier to go pee when they had to rather than peeing their pants and going on the 30 min rule!

Night time is hard... it has a lot to do with whether they are real heavy sleepers or not. I would definitely encourage nighttime pullups or something... but maybe you can put her big girl panties on under the pull UPS and tell her that she should try very hard to not pee pee in her panties and try to wake up to go pee. I would much rather my child wear pull ups at night for a while then lay in pee. It's easier to clean as well.
As for the trips out of the house just use the 30 min rule, take her to the potty every 30 min whether she has to go or not. With my boys we had to employ the 30 min rule because they didn't want to go in the potty at all (they didn't want to stop what they were doing) so every 30 min on the dot they had to stop what they were doing and go potty. This made them mad, so they quickly decided t was easier to go pee when they had to rather than peeing their pants and going on the 30 min rule!

I recommend the 3daypottytraining.com e book! The $24 was well worth it! It worked wonders with my son! We pretty much followed it to a T! I think it is great information and it really works! Even though your daughter already uses the little potty, it might help going at it at a different approach and doing what she suggests for the 3 days! Good luck!

I recommend the 3daypottytraining.com e book! The $24 was well worth it! It worked wonders with my son! We pretty much followed it to a T! I think it is great information and it really works! Even though your daughter already uses the little potty, it might help going at it at a different approach and doing what she suggests for the 3 days! Good luck!

Scbanks thanks. I forgot out putting panties on under her diaper to try and help. I will even move her potty in her room at night. I know it'll take a while but it'll make haveing a newborn a lot easier if she is potty trained. I'm pretty sure she is ready. She's been going in the potty since 20 months or so on her own. But now it's getting the telling me down so I can take her to the potty and pull her pants down. Thanks

Scbanks thanks. I forgot out putting panties on under her diaper to try and help. I will even move her potty in her room at night. I know it'll take a while but it'll make haveing a newborn a lot easier if she is potty trained. I'm pretty sure she is ready. She's been going in the potty since 20 months or so on her own. But now it's getting the telling me down so I can take her to the potty and pull her pants down. Thanks

my son is 18 months and we started potty training at 15 months, he does really well but sometimes has bad days. he is to the point where he can tell me he has to go and he gets treats for going in the potty. when we go on short trips we wear underwear and plastic covers over them and we use the bathroom as soon as we get where we r going and then before we leave. the plastic panties help with accidents if he has one so that way it stays in the underwear and not all down his legs and on the floor. if its long trips like out of state then we keep diapers on. we still do diapers at night just cause i dont want him waking up cause he has soaked the bed. he will somtimes not pee at night and for naps but sometimes he will. leaving him in diapers for these times is more comfortable for us and works. so just do whatever u think works best. its ok if it takes a while to go without a diaper at night. i too hope to be fully potty trained by the time the baby arrives

my son is 18 months and we started potty training at 15 months, he does really well but sometimes has bad days. he is to the point where he can tell me he has to go and he gets treats for going in the potty. when we go on short trips we wear underwear and plastic covers over them and we use the bathroom as soon as we get where we r going and then before we leave. the plastic panties help with accidents if he has one so that way it stays in the underwear and not all down his legs and on the floor. if its long trips like out of state then we keep diapers on. we still do diapers at night just cause i dont want him waking up cause he has soaked the bed. he will somtimes not pee at night and for naps but sometimes he will. leaving him in diapers for these times is more comfortable for us and works. so just do whatever u think works best. its ok if it takes a while to go without a diaper at night. i too hope to be fully potty trained by the time the baby arrives

When we potty trained our 4 y/o when she was about 1.5-2 y/o we put her potty in the living room for awhile. For some reason she was more apt to use it there than when it was in the bathroom. I think it reminded her to use it when she felt the urge while she was playing. A few weeks later when she got the hang of it we moved it back to the bathroom. We would just periodically ask her if she needed to go. It helped her big time. Hopefully this helps!!

When we potty trained our 4 y/o when she was about 1.5-2 y/o we put her potty in the living room for awhile. For some reason she was more apt to use it there than when it was in the bathroom. I think it reminded her to use it when she felt the urge while she was playing. A few weeks later when she got the hang of it we moved it back to the bathroom. We would just periodically ask her if she needed to go. It helped her big time. Hopefully this helps!!

I agree with the other posters about wearing clothes during the day at home. My DD was pretty much fully trained during the day at 24 months. I let DD be naked from the bottom down for a few days until she got the hang of going but then we put her in undies and clothes. Baby Bjorn makes a really light, compact potty that I keep in the car. She was just getting used to goingnamd not understanding what holding it was so when she had to go, she had to go even if it meant pulling off the side of the road and letting her go on the potty in the car (I have a minivan so it's a little easier). We put underwear and a pullup on in the car for long trips, naps, and nighttime at first. Now she is down to wearing underwear w/ a pullup at night only though she normally wakes up pretty dry. She is a very deep sleeper and just wouldn't be ready to get up to go. I have one of those rubber mats on her bed from Babies 'R Us just in case. They sell pull ups for 5 year olds in the store so I figure it can't be that uncommon for a 2 year old to be wearing them to bed.

I agree with the other posters about wearing clothes during the day at home. My DD was pretty much fully trained during the day at 24 months. I let DD be naked from the bottom down for a few days until she got the hang of going but then we put her in undies and clothes. Baby Bjorn makes a really light, compact potty that I keep in the car. She was just getting used to goingnamd not understanding what holding it was so when she had to go, she had to go even if it meant pulling off the side of the road and letting her go on the potty in the car (I have a minivan so it's a little easier). We put underwear and a pullup on in the car for long trips, naps, and nighttime at first. Now she is down to wearing underwear w/ a pullup at night only though she normally wakes up pretty dry. She is a very deep sleeper and just wouldn't be ready to get up to go. I have one of those rubber mats on her bed from Babies 'R Us just in case. They sell pull ups for 5 year olds in the store so I figure it can't be that uncommon for a 2 year old to be wearing them to bed.

I think you're doing an awesome job potty training her! I started working with my daughter when she was 2 but she didn't quite grasp the idea until she was almost 3! So for your daughter already using the big girl potty during the day now is awesome! She'll get the hang of it. And I didn't go cold turkey with my daughter until she showed all the signs that she was ready. Once I did though, she did awesome! You're doing great!! Keep it up!

I think you're doing an awesome job potty training her! I started working with my daughter when she was 2 but she didn't quite grasp the idea until she was almost 3! So for your daughter already using the big girl potty during the day now is awesome! She'll get the hang of it. And I didn't go cold turkey with my daughter until she showed all the signs that she was ready. Once I did though, she did awesome! You're doing great!! Keep it up!

Keep up the great work. I would say yes keep underwear on her at home and nights are rough. My daughter wore a diaper to bed for 3 months after she was daytime trained. Also for going out during the day just try and make sure to have s potty run before you leave and try and limit liquids just a bit while out to try and help with any possible accidents. Good Luck and hang in it does eventually happen!

Keep up the great work. I would say yes keep underwear on her at home and nights are rough. My daughter wore a diaper to bed for 3 months after she was daytime trained. Also for going out during the day just try and make sure to have s potty run before you leave and try and limit liquids just a bit while out to try and help with any possible accidents. Good Luck and hang in it does eventually happen!

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